It seems common that staff will be worked to the bone and then giving access to Headspace to deal with the stress. There's no thought given to what is causing the stress to begin with. Incidentally, from what I can tell from the other half, the union don't care about these things either as apart from the quarterly magazine, she doesn't ever hear a dicky bird from them all year.
Yeah the union donsnt care about staff wellbeing. It's all about money. Yes more money.in your pocket is always better but.
I would love to see them really take on the real issues.
Where are the fully kitted out gyms for staff to blow off steam and look after their health.
On site councillors to speak to or even group support?
I tried to get a support group set up. Was told there was no available space. I mean, no space. In an evening??
Mandatory break? I have known ward managers who won't sit on a ward for an hour so the nurse can take a break.
Subsidised meals, why do trusts have to make profit on staff food, why can't it be cost?
Mandatory time off for those who are assaulted?
I got concussion once and was fielding calls every day to get back. Ended up taking 2 weeks, just to prove a point.
Parking costs. Simply you shouldn't be charged to park onsite at your workplace.
Staffing levels? You can employ more HCAs/support workers/assistants.
Trusts just choose not to
That is just a few.
If the unions really cared they would be going into these negotiations with the government saying, right you don't want to talk pay and claim you want to make the workplace better now how about we start with some of the above?
We discuss this at work and there isn't a person who wouldn't take less money in there pocket, if it meant conditions improved.
Unions need to get there arse into gear and really look at what matters. It's not all about pay. Pay is just the headline grabber. The real work is not sexy, but somebody needs to do it.
